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John Wadsworth (1850 – 10 July 1921) was a British trade unionist and Liberal or Lib-Lab politician. Born in West Melton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Wadsworth worked as a coal miner and was elected checkweighman. He joined the Yorkshire Miners Association, a constituent part of the Miners Federation of Great Britain (MFGB), rising to become the Yorkshire Association's General Secretary, then in 1904 its President. Wadsworth was elected as the Lib-Lab Member of Parliament for Hallamshire at the 1906 general election. In 1909, with the other MFGB-sponsored MPs, he joined the Labour Party, retaining his seat in his new colours. In 1915 he resigned the Labour whip and re-joined the Liberals.〔The history of the Liberal Party, 1895-1970 by Roy Douglas (1971) (355 )〕 He continued as MP until the seat's abolition for the 1918 general election. ==References== *Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, ''Who's Who of British MPs: Volume II, 1886–1918'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Wadsworth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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